Dexerto

Dexerto is a video game and entertainment news website operated by Dexerto Limited. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, the site originally focused on esports but later shifted towards tabloid-style coverage of video games and internet culture, with a particularly strong focus on internet personalities.

== History == Dexerto was founded on 19 March 2015 by Joshua Nino, Chris Marsh, Mike Kent, and Nicolas Hulsmans to cover esports. It originally launched as two websites, one in English and the other in French. A Spanish website was also launched. The coverage of the website subsequently shifted. A 2022 Business Insider article described its coverage as "evolv[ing] to chronicle broader online culture, with a flair for drama in the gaming space and beyond", with a particular focus on drama and controversies involving internet personalities, who attract broader interest than esports, while continuing to cover esports to some degree. Esports analyst Rod Breslau described the website as the "TMZ of esports". Founder Nino described the website as being staffed by both "amateur bloggers and veteran esports journalists alike". Some internet personalities like Pokimane accuse Dexerto of producing clickbait content about them.